 | John Locke - 1836 - 590 Seiten
...there is no more notion nor memory of colours left in their minds, than in those of people born blind. The memory of some men, it is true, is very tenacious,...which seemed to be as lasting, as if graved in marble. 6. Constantly repeated ideas can scarce be lost.—But concerning the ideas themselves, it is easy... | |
 | John Locke - 1838 - 590 Seiten
...deepest, and in minds the most retentive; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercises of the senses, or reflection on those kind of objects...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. 6. Constantly repeated ideas can scarce be lost. — But concerning the ideas themselves, it is easy... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...and the make of our animal spirits are concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference, that in some it retains the characters...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. BOYLE. (1627-1691.) [ROBERT BOYLE is generally spoken of in the same connexion with John Locke and... | |
 | William John Dawson - 1848 - 1186 Seiten
...laid in fading colours, and unless sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear How often we find disuse quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames...confusion, which seemed to be as lasting as if graved on marble. — Locke. SEARCHING AFTER TRUTH. — If a matter be knotty, and the sense lies deep, the... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 588 Seiten
...and the make of our animal spirits, are concerned in this ; and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference, that in some it retains the characters...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. 6. Constantly repeated ideas can scarce be lost. — But concerning the ideas themselves it is easy... | |
 | JOHN MURRAY - 1852 - 786 Seiten
...and the make of our animal spirits, are concerned in this; and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference, that in some it retains the characters...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. Constantly repeated ideas can scarce be lost.—But concerning the ideas themselves it is easy to remark,... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 560 Seiten
...and the make of our animal spirits are concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference, that in some it retains the characters...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble.* 6. Constantly repeated Ideas can scarce lie lost. — But concerning the ideas themselves it is easy... | |
 | 1854 - 604 Seiten
...marble remain, yet. the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away We sometimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas,...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. His sense of humor and his powers of raillery must have been very considerable. Nor had he only that... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 Seiten
...sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.' He afterwards adds, that ' we sometimes find a disease strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of...confusion, which seemed to be as lasting as if graved on marble.' Such is the poverty of language, that it is, perhaps, impossible to find words with respect... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 536 Seiten
...the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a few days calcine all those images to ilnst and confusion, which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. SKCT. 6. Constantly repeated ineax can scarce be lost. — But concerning the ideas themselves, it... | |
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... this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble ; in others like freestone ; and in others, little better than sand, I shall not here inquire : though it may seem probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes... 
